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LIFE IN OXFORD.
q Town Whose Prosperity Depends on the
Presence Of the University students.
fCor Can - Chron;cta 4

q Town Whose Prosperity Depends on the
Presence Of the University students.
lCor. San Francisco Chronicle
Oxford is like q fashionable watering
Place, or mountain resort, or a State
capital, or like any other place that de-
ponds for its prosperity and life on a spe-
ciaI cinss Of transients. When the terms
are in full swing it flourisheth like its own
classical green bay tree; when it is vaca-
ton, the city droopeth like prosaic corn
stalk in October. When the twenty-six
colleges and halls are full, the city is agog
with that academic gayety which is natural
20 the cougrcg cation of thousands of school
boys. for that after all. is what tho stu
dents are; when the quadrangles are de-
serted, the city seems deserted, too. 1t not
only seems 10 be, but lS actually as quiet,
as dead, and as dull as the inner temple in
August, for city though Oxford is, it is
first. last and always university. A map
Of the place shows nothing but a collection
OF collegiate institutions and their appur-
tenanccs: black caps and gowns dGrken
the streets, as rcd coats enliven those of
an English garrison town; while tower,
pinnacle and gateway fill the eye,
cast it in whatsoever direction you
may. Tho quiet burghers follow pur
suits that thrive by studential
patronage. Tobacconists flourish; so
do bccr-sellers; every stationor announces
that he buys and sells secondhand books /;
every tailor displays gowns in his win
dow; the doctors are learned in the COM
plants of adolescence: boatmcn grow
wealthy: householders' rents are paid by
the income derived from furnished apart
ments, and competence is the result of O
good contract to clean college windows.
The young ladies of the place arc experts
in the rich academic slang; mothers listen
nervously TO the pipings of their boys,
with hopeful thoughts of chorister's
stall; and fathers keep a watchful eye on
the whole brood, for Oxford is an anxious
place to raise a family, especially if the
female members are young and attractive.
Chapel. studies and boating take up much
Of the students time, it is true, but the
aggregate of leisure is something i'm
mensc. and il is but natural that some of
il should be devoted TO the conjugation OF
dno, duads. In saying this it is not forgot
ten that Oxford is one Of the two great
seats of learning Of a great empire; that
the young royal idea has been taught to
shoot here; that il has produced some OF
the cleverest men in the world. and that il
/ is especially a theological seminary. But
! boys will be boys, even though they arc
making Bishops and nebulous judges. 1t
| Is not the cowl that makes the monk,
neither Is 1t the gown that makes the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-12
LOSING AND FINDING.
Some Entertaining stories of Very Re-
markable Luck.
fCocealI's E,nrafl-

lOuSSei Family MagaZine.
"a friend of mine" the tal<er told us,
sleeping for one night in a hotel, stuck
his diamond breastpin into tho, bed cur
tain. rose hurriedly TO catch an early train
and left it there. He hardly liked to trust
the honesty Of the chambermaid, and left
his loss untold. lie spent twelvemonth
or nore at Malta with his regiment, and,
returning on furlough. went to the same
room and found his breastpin where he
had left it." That docs not say much for
the cleanliness of the hotel. / hear some
ono saying. Perhaps il does not, lat il
says something for the sharpness Of the
pin wearer. There was wit as well as luck
in his method.
Here is n story of pure luck. A lady,
spectacle wearer, went shopping in the
West End. On putting her hand into her
pocket for her 'eyes," preparatory to
choosing a dress, she missed them. Her
husband, who professed to know her WAYS,
was sure chat she had never brought them.
She was sure that she had He was rightly
punished for his injustice by having 10
bear, unaided and alone, the responsibility
Of the choice Of color and material. The
choice made. he went on his way 10 the
city, the wife on hers to her home OF
frugal mind she chose an omnibus as her
. mode OF conveyance, and sitting mcdita-
tive, as the vehicle bore her homeward.
she fancied she recognized it as the same
which had carried her downward. She
searched the straw at her feet, and found
her spcctacles unbroEen
Ii losing be seoling-and to prove the
usc Of seeking for that which is lost has
been the object Of this paper-there is not
seldom finding without a seeking. OF
such finding take this as an illustration.
NOrr rx-tn Ill a. -
tho clcrgying who is tallSing.)
"A friend of mine went into a hostler's
in Bristol to buy pair of driving gloves.
Selecting pair which he thought likely to
snit him, he asked, and was granted. per
mission to try them on. He tried them on,
bought and paid for them, and then asked
the tradcsman whether he had ever Mad
complaint made 10 him of the loss of a
ring in his shop. The fact being that the
little finger Of the buyers left hand had
now upon it such a ring. which it had un-
Willingly withdrawn from the recesses
OF tho glove, aud which, doubtless, had
been left there by some former would
be purchaser. The shopman. however,
answered that no such complaint had been
made; and the purchaser of the gloves left
the shop with the ring in his possession,
leaving behind him his name and address.
in case the loser Of the ring should ever
turn up
Somewhat like this was the loss sus-
pected by an officer in st. Helena He
missed his ring, and searched for it high
and low, but found it not. Suspicion fell
upon his batsman, or soldier servant: but
there was nothing to justify it, and in the
end the man was cleared; for on being or
dered home the officer turned out his draw
ers, and, throwing many things away.
was surprised to hear an old kld glove
strike sharply on the floor. He picked it
up, and there, in is little finger, was the
missing ring
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FAITHFUL PONIPEY.
How an Elephant Avenged the
Murder OF Pretty Girl
The Remarkable story Told by = Circus
Attache-A Foul Decd and It's COnso-
quonces-A sight such ~ Men
seldom Look Upon.
IN. Y. sur1

In 1871 was attached 10 a circus. which
had route through Ohio. Indiana aud
Kentucky. Among the six elephants In
tho mcnagerie was ono named Pompcy,
and hts mahout OF Keeper was an old man
named Andrew Thompson. he had been
In tho show business all his life, and for
the last fifteen years had been accom-.
panied by his daughter, who was down On
tho bills as mile. Josie Picarti. the won
derful cqucstricnno." The old mnn was a
widowcr. you understand, and ton you
he was one OF the kindest and best fathers
90 Josie. which was hor right name. She
was. NJ the timo I Am writing Of. about
twenty years Of age. handsome. vivncious,
vol educnted. and loved by all. During
the winters she attended a seminary In
tho East. and had many friends in good
society. Every summer che had n
score OF would-bc lovers following her
about. some belonging 20 the show and
some outside Of n, but that was the one
t0uchy point with old Thompson. He
had been father and mother and brother
and sister 10 that girl. and the idea Of any
common fellow trying 20 shine around her
put his nose out Of joint ne once. he felt
that sho was worthy Of ne beat man In tho
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Land ONCE at Larned RAMS Dec iva

Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof In support of his claim.
and that said proof will be made before tho
Clerk of the District court of Barber county
Kansas, ut Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on Jan,
uary q. 1887, viz: John Brisco, Jr for tho
range l3. ~
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz:
Sparks, I Dickerson. George Dicker-.
son II Clay, all of Elm Mills. Kansas.
Also James Fl. Lee, for thes 4 NV Y.en
s-w sec twp 81, range Il.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiya-
ton of said land. viz:
) \ Furgason, james Tufts, Philip Butcher
WIN Carroll, all of Amber Postofice, barber
county, Kansas.
90 3lc~ w. II. DROwNLEE, Register.
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Dangerous Handlxerchief1IIrt

A young woman picking her way across
the railroad tracks in Indianapolis saw O
brakeman wave his hand to her from the
top departing freight train. She smiled
sweetly and waved back. Then the brake
man waved more violently, and the girl
smiled more sweetly and stopped and tried
to get out her handkerchief to fttingly
carry on the Irritation. The next thing
she knew she was yanked off the track BIZ
a flagman, just in time TO escape a back
ing train, which the brakeman had seen
and had tried in vain TO warn her Of
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A SHOT FOR LEE
How n Level-Headcd Man Removed .
Centipede from His Toe.
m.


Tombstone "a IT, Epitaph1
A company of immigrants had camped in
New Mexico, and one night one Of the
party, who was sleeping on the ground,
was awakened by peculiar sensation on
his toes. He looked and saw an enormous
centipede crawling across his foot. Only a
few feet from him was the campfire, and
he could see every fiber of the reptile.
Knowing its peculiarities and the effect of
its sting, he was in a fever Of excitement.
Afraid 10 move a muscle, he dared not at
tempt to shake 1t of. After a seconds
pause he reached under his head, got his
pistol and, taking deliberate aim, fired. 1t
was life-saving shot for the man. Tho
centipede divided and dropped on each side
Of his foot But here comes the most re-
markabe part Of the story. Within an
hour after the shot was fired the men
heard a terrible groanlng from one OF their
mules tied only a few yards away. They went
to them and found one Of them with his
left foreleg swollen to an immense size
The swelling increased, as did the agony
and groans OF the brute, until Il died in
about thirty minutes thereafter. An ex-
animation was made and 1t was discovered
that the bullet that had severed the cent?
poae had entered the mules foot Just above
the hoof and inocalated it with The poison
from the reptile.
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Legend of the Golden Circlet.
London Times.

tLonuOn T1meS.
"Why do we always wear wedding and
engagement rings ON the fourth hngerF'
she asked, as they were about to leave the
jewelers. shop. THE reason is" said the
smiling jeweler, ''that in olden times a
nerve was popularity supposed to run from
the fourth finger t. the heart 1t used to
be called the healing finger, and physicians
invariably used it when they mixed their
nediciuas
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Land OfIlce at Lnrned Kans. NOM % nee

Notice ia hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Probate Judge. at Medicine Lodge, Kansas,
on January Is, 1887, viz: Carlos j. Brown d
ID ; No. l2546, for the NV Il s-w sec 6, twp
"a south, range IL west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton OF said land, viz:
Isaac Buckmun. Joseph Hefiey, William
Burr, w BidweIl, all of New Kiowa, Kansas.
Also Oliver H. Fetty, for the s-w i NV 4
sec 81, twp 30 range II.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and crltiva-
ton of said land, viz:
CIV Slack. / ID Slack, Z l. Cayton, Van Do
ran, all of Amber postofiice. Kansas.
Also William G. Seward, for the y Sc \
sec ~, W u s-w 4 sec 33, twp 30, range IA.
lie names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton of said land viz:
John w Finley. james Finley. william Hal
Ter. Halter, q II Sexton, all of Sexton, kans.
26 33cf W. X. BRowHLEE, Register.
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PUBLICATION NOTICE

fO6L1CA1IOH NOTkCE.
STATE OF KANSAS
BARBER COUNTY.
In the District Court Of said county.
MILFORD w. Stamford, Edward
Youmans and Charles II. FL
dred, partners. under the name
of S~nndif0rd, Eoumans g. FL
dred, plaintiffs,
versus
Willis H. Peak, defendant.
0AID DEFENDANT, Willis II. Peak, will
~ take notice that he has been sued In the
above-named court, in Il civil action for the
sum of Three Hundred and Eighty One Dollars
and Twenty Cents 1891 .201, with interest
thereon from March 9Th, 1888, and that an Or
deI of attachment issued in said cause; that he
must answer the petition filed therein by said
plaintiffs, on or before the 18th day of Janua-
~, 1887, or said petition will be taken as true,
aad Judgment for plaintiffs In said action for
the said sum of Three Hundred and Eighty-On
Dollars and Twenty Cents l$3sl.20], with In
torcst thereon from March 5, 1886, and in the
attachment therein granted will be rendered
accordingly, with costs OF this action.
III. NJ. INGRAHAM,
% Clerk of said Court.
BRAND & LONG, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
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LAND onlce at Larned, Kans.. Dec. 8, Isss.

Land Office at Larned, Kans., Dec. 3, 1885.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has iiled notice of her intention
to make final proof in support Of her claim.
and that said proof will be made before me
Clerk or the District Court of Barber County.
Kansas, ut Medicine Lodge. on January =.
1887, viz: Lima Rincs, for the W SO y, W u
ne sec ID, twp "a, range IL.
She names the following witnesses 70 prove
her continuous residenccupon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Isaac Shkiar. A Shklar, u Kerchner, GF
vowsky. all OF Lodi, Kansas.
Also Abel b. Reese. OF Barber county, Kan
sas, ID No. 11s14, for the Sc ) NV =. ne
SEQ ID, twp 20, range ID: and LOT :. sec 10 Twp
30. range IL.
He names the following witnesses 20 prove
MS continuous residence upon ana euitlvaIon
OF said land, viz: rs.
Thomas Owens, Of Springyaie; II d Mason' Oh
ssssc w.R. BsowSLEE. Register.
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Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of her Intention
40 make nnni PROOF IN support of her claim,
ana that said proof will be made before fha,
Clerk of the District Court of Barber county
iSsl at Medicine Lodge, on February 10
for tho sc i, and Sc ne \ sec a w.,
30 south, range 10 west '"P
She names the following witnesses TO proys
ton of said land, viz:
william Green, Harrison Logue, John Hen
dricks, Frank Puterbaugh, all of Sprinevae
Postofhce. Pratt county, Kansas.
oil 90 c. w. X. BRowNLEE, Register
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Land once at Larned, Kans., Dec. ). ,sse.

A5u1Iu OI1OC Mt 111f EICu' 1&unE', IJeC. D, IooOs
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of hfs Intention
TO make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk Of District Court of Barber county.
Kansas. at Medicine Lodge, on January 81.
1887, viz: Mira Antill, for the W y NV " sec
"a, ne section %. twp ~ south, range ID
west.
He names tho following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land. viz:
William Farmer, Robert Bolton, Mos Kick
man. Robert Walters. all of Decrhea0, kans-
Is 33c w. X. BRowNLEE. Register.
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Land Office at Larned, Kans. Dec. :, 1854

Notice is hereby given that the following
named se1tier has He'd notice of his intention
ana that said proof will be made before the
clerk OF the District Court of barber county.
KANSAS Nj at Medicine Lodge, on February la.
ne NV !, NV NE sec Is, twp 81, range H.
he names the following witnesses to prove
of said land, viz: '''"n
Frank Sheddy. A Snyder, c schiar, ] W.
ner, all OF Sexton Postofice, Barber co, Kan.
81 81 C w. X. BRowNLEE, Register.
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Land ONCE at Larned, Kans.. Dec s, 1886.

Notice If hereby given that the following
named settler has hied notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
ana that said proof will be made before the
Clerk OF the District Court of Barber county.
ut Medicine Lodge, Kansas on January 10,
1885,. viz: Harrison Rachbam. for the lots
and 2 sec 3, twp 80, range Is.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Soman Fisher, II. Libikof, Abe Coin, ].
Socelt, all of Deerhead, Kansas
Also o, ID. Lewis, for the s-w s-w y sec z.
and W NV 4, and Sc a NV X sec g. twp ~
south, range II west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultlva-
ton of said land, viz:
X Hall, K Mott, w Colt, all of Sun CITY
Kansas, and Ellis Brookhart, of Deerhead
Kansas.
90 "a c. w r. BRowNIrR Register
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Land once at Larned, Kan. Nov "a. 1856.

Land Ofhcc at Larned, Kan. Nov. Is, 1885.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support or his claim,
and that said proof will be made before n.
Kansas. ON January II, 1887, viz: Robert i.
Bruner. for the sc NE \, and SO "a sec
81, twp 81 south, of range IS west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
WIN. Carnifix, James Clancy, Joseph Hus-
ton. Joseph Cox, all Ct Aetna, Kansas.
Also wilkerson Purcifull for the s-w L s-w
= sec 20 Sc \ SC sec Is. Q Il NE u sec 30,
twp %, range 10.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
William Starr. Throckmorton, N Rog-
ers, John Depugh, all Of Lodi postofice, Bar-
Der county, Kansas.
g 80 &C w. r. BRowSLEE, Register
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SHERIFF'S SALE.


In the District Court of Barber county, Kan
sns
Frank Adamson, plaintiff,
versus
w. II. Clutter. defendant.
pY VIRTUE of an execution to me directed
~ issued out of tho District Court of Barber
county. Kansas, in the above entitled action
l., Charles ID. Nelson, sheriff Of said county
will, on
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1887,
at o clock y. of said day, mt the front door
OF the courthouse, in the city of Medicine
Lodge, Barber county, Kansas. offer for sale,
at public auction, TO the highest bidder. for
cash In hand, ali of the right title and interest
whatsoever of the said w. III. Clutter in ard
to the following lands and tenements, to-wit:
Lot three and the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section five township
thir. y-four, range ten west, all in Barber coun-
", state of Kansas, TO satisfy Il judgment of
plaintiff against defendant, for the sum of
Four hundred ana seventy-five dollars and
thirty-eight cents. and the further sum of Thir-
ty-two dollars and fifty cents, costs of suit, and
the costs of this sale.
Given under my hand this, 2lst day of Dec
ember, 1886.
CHARLES d. NELSON,
81 Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas
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Land Once at Larned Kaps Dec ~ ,ese

Notice is hereby given that the followtno.
named settler has filed notice of his intentinS,,
10 make final proof in support of his claim
and that said proof will be made before the
propate judge, ut Medicine Lodge Kansas on
Eebruary 10th, 1887. viz: Afford Manard. for
range IA west. W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
of said land, viz:
Sunnafrank, William McAdoo all OF Lake
City, Kansas.
81 sec" w. II. BRowNLnE Register.
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Land Office at Larncd, Kans. Dec. q, 1884

Notice Is hereby given that the followinV-
named settler has fled notice of his jnfcntion
ana that saidnproof will be made before II
n. Hardy. Probate Judge, ut Medicine I.odvr
nhnsas. on February 10. 1887, viz: Georgc
10, lot l, sec ~ twp "a, range IA west; and Sc
Sc !. sec IL. and NO \ ne sec "a twD ~
south, range Is west. - WY On
He names the following witnesses m rro,o
of said land, viz: "'iou
ur1ah Balmer, John Helm, J NJ Mercer.
Henry Waggoner. all of Ktna Kans
o. d. q w. X. BROwHLEE Register
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LIND Uihce at Larned, Kans., Dec. 8, 1856.
Notices hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
10 make f1nai proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Probate Judge, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas,
on January 20, 1887, viz: Israel NeuRroechl,
west.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
MS continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
John McGrath, L. Lampl, Jacob Friedman,
Joseph Chytowitz, all of Sexton, Kansas.
~ III G w. X. BROwELEE. Register.
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'RIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1887,
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

STATE OF KANSAS,
BARBER COUNTY. Sc
In the District Court for said county.
Sarah J. Deem, plaintiff,
versus
Charles w. Deem, Defendant
OAID DEFENDANT, Charles w. Deem will
~ take notice that he has been sued in the
above nan cd court, for a divorce, upon the
grounds of abandonment and gross neglect of
duty, and he must answer the petition filed
therein by said plaintiff. on or before the 18th
day OF February, 1887, or said petition will be
taken rs true, and judgment for plaintiff in
said action for a divorce from said defendant
will be- rendered accordingly.
Attest: II. VI. INGRAHAM,
32-t3 Clerk of the District Court.
SAMPLE VICKERs, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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strange Real Estate Transaction.

More than thirty years ago two Talbot
County boys, who had from childhood been
warm friends, entered into an agreement
by which one Of them guaranteed to the
other piece of land for the use of himself
and wife Tor life, the annual rent being
liked NJ i've cents per annum. The place
has been improved by comfortable dwell
ing and necessary outbuildings, and the
two aged people have the assurance Of a
home in which to spend the evening of their
days, while the one who owned the land
aleeps in death
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LHIIu OInCe ut IHTHVU, hHIlS. DEC. u, 1850.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will he made before the
Register or Receiver. at Larned. Kansas on
March !, 1887, viz: Avery c. Seward. d. s.
12S3S, for the s-w sec %, twp 81 range II.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz:
LYDIA J Wilson, Geo II Sexton, G Goble,
William Halter, all of Sexton, Kansas.
81 w. X. BRowNLEE, Register
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Land once at Larned, Kans. Dec. "a. 1885,

Land Once at Larned, Kans. Dec. "a, 1886.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
TO make final proof in support Of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the District Court of Barber county,
Kansas. at Medicine Lodge. on February -,
1887, viz: Max. Ncugroschi, ID s 12775. for the
n Y NV and W Il ne 4 sec 10, township 81,
range IA
He names the following witnesses to prove
ton of said land VIZ:
A ShkIar, Shklar. j Friedman, L Lampl,
all of Sexton postofjce, Kansas.
Also Etelka Neugroschl, d LTD, for the
NE sec s, twp "a. range Il.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
A Shklar, Shklar J Friedman, L Lampl all
OF Sexton postoffice, Kansas.
81 sc w. z. BRowELEE. Register.